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by a long shot en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (dated, idiomatic, usually, with a negative) By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.
    • He couldn't keep up with me, not by a long shot.
    • See here: You KNOW you feel superior to folks. You're not as bad as I say, but you're not as good as you say—not by a long shot! What’s the reason you’re so superior? 1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street:
    • Well, he won’t find Billy Roberts a sissy by a long shot. 1913, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon:
    • He speaks better than he writes, by a long shot.
    • ‘Yes, I do recognize it now. It is the most wonderful thing I ever heard of; by a long shot the most wonderful—and unexpected.’ 1883, Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi:

Relateds

wide of the mark · long shot

Synonyms

by far § Synonyms

Translations (25)

fr haut la main (by a wide margin) · ja 決して (by a wide margin) · es de lejos (by a wide margin) · es ni de lejos (by a wide margin) · es ni con guinche (by a wide margin) · fr largement (by a wide margin) · es ni por asomo (by a wide margin) · de noch lange (by a wide margin) · ro de departe (by a wide margin) · es ni de cerca (by a wide margin) · ja 断然 (by a wide margin) · fr de loin (by a wide margin) · ro nici pe departe (by a wide margin) · de bei weitem (by a wide margin) · pl o wiele (by a wide margin) · pl bynajmniej (by a wide margin) · fi likimainkaan (by a wide margin) · de lange (by a wide margin) · de bei Weitem (by a wide margin) · es ni mucho menos (by a wide margin) · fi sinne päinkään (by a wide margin) · es ni por casualidad (by a wide margin) · fi lähimainkaan (by a wide margin) · fi lähestulkoonkaan (by a wide margin) · ja 絶対 (by a wide margin)